Chapter 15: No Need for Goku This Time

Gohan and I calmly walked out, hearing Piccolo tell off Garlic jr. for falling for our trick. Then I saw it: the Makyo star, Garlic jr. and his gang's source of power. But instead of destroying it now, while I could easily, I let the Sayjin in me take over, and she wanted to fight a worthy opponent.

So we got started. All seven of Garlic jr.'s henchmen and himself against the four of us. Outnumbered 2:1, and I felt sorry for the bad guys.

We launched ourselves toward the gang, and we each had two goons to fight except Gohan. Garlic jr. wanted to wait to fight us.

The two guys I got were idiots. The whole time we were fighting they kept making sexist remarks. That is, until I broke the one guys jaw. These two were strong, but the Makyo star didn't help them much. I finally got bored playing with them and I finished off with my Sneak Attack Ball. I can use it as a fast Ki ball in a tight spot, and this was considered a tight spot, since I was fighting two to one. A fairly simple, yet effective attack. They were defeated. Not dead, but defeated.

Now, while everyone else was busy, I headed toward Garlic jr.'s stolen throne to free Kami and Mr. Po-Po. But that wasn't as easy as it seemed. I got just a few yards away, and Garlic jr. stepped into my path.

"Going somewhere?" he asked, showing off his sharp teeth as he smirked. I stood tall, not scared of him. How can you be scared of Garlic jr.?

"Yes, I have pressing business. Now move." I ordered.

"You do not order me, child. I order you. Now leave!" he used some sort of psychic ability and threw me backwards, where I hit my head on the ground and skidded further. And it was a powerful hit, too, because I had been in the middle of the large bowl shaped sanctuary, and now my long hair flowed over the edge. Before I could react, he was at my side and looking like a hungry predator that hadn't tasted blood for a long time. Though small, he was strong. He turned to the Makyo star and said something, but I couldn't make it out from my throbbing head. He started to grow and soon he was in his more powerful form.

Garlic jr. turned to face me and moved to attack, and then suddenly he was gone. Gohan had finished with his goon and attacked Garlic jr., saving me for sure. Krillen walked over and helped me to my feet. We have a sort of sibling bond now, since that talk over a year ago on this exact same spot. Piccolo had moved over and freed Kami and Mr. Po-Po, getting them to release the Sacred Water while we kept Garlic jr. busy.

If I only could have warned Kami about… never mind, I gotta focus.

Krillen, Gohan, Piccolo, and I lined up before Garlic Jr. We were ready for a real fight. Well, I was. My Sayjin side screamed Fight! Fight!

And all at the same time, we all powered up. My energy was high, higher than Goku's when we fought on Namek. That meant I could transform, I was strong enough, and I just needed something to make me snap, the type of anger that makes you angry at everything that moves, but all focused at one thing.

But the one thing I didn't see coming was Garlic jr. powering up. I thought he was at his max.

"You fools have no idea what's coming." He sneered as we continued our fight. The four of us launched at Garlic jr., and we were all smacked away by his one massive arm. Getting back up, Gohan charged and was doing well. Gohan somehow has been able to nullify Garlic jr.'s power, even as a little kid.

Then Garlic jr. got mad. He smacked away Gohan and lifted his arms, opening up the Dead Zone.

"Instead of killing all of you, I'll just send you into these pits of darkness instead!"

Pits of darkness?

It started out as a tiny hole, but soon it became stronger and larger, and soon the Dead Zone was large enough to swallow us all. Garlic jr. was safe from his immortality, strong enough that the Dead Zone wouldn't suck him in, and Gohan was the only one of us doing the same.

Krillen, Piccolo, and I had ourselves in a tight spot. We used all the strength we had to hold onto pillars or whatever to keep from getting sucked in. And at the same time we were losing our grips.

Then it hit me, why the Makyo star was so important. Without that, Garlic jr. would lose his power and get sucked in. Piccolo came to this conclusion, too.

"Gohan! Blast the Makyo star! It's the only way!" Piccolo yelled. Garlic jr. may have been able to save himself if he hadn't been laughing so much. Its always the same, bad guy thinks he's won the battle and gloats, then the hero does something unexpected and beats him. Classic.

Gohan tried to blast the Makyo star, but the blast got warped and it went into the Dead Zone.

"What! No!" I cried. That was supposed to work!

Piccolo looked over to me for an answer, wanting to know how to get out of this mess. I just shook my head.

"That was supposed to work." I said simply.

Then the Sensory gift went off, I was supposed to do something. I powered up, then I let go of the pillar and used the suction of the portal, along with my Ki, to fly over the portal.

"What! No! You can't do that!" Garlic jr. cried.

"Watch me! Ka-me-ha-me-Ha!" I blasted with my strongest Kamehameha wave at the Makyo star, and it hit, exploding on contact.

"No!" Garlic jr. returned to normal and, along with his goons, was sucked into the Dead Zone once more, and upon closing, left the world cleansed of him for good.

Kami exited with Mr. Po-Po as soon as it was all over. Kami looked exhausted, and no wonder with all those ancient Kamis' spirits chasing him as he tried to use the Sacred Water.

"Katie, that was incredible!" Krillen said.

"Yeah, well, it went better when Gohan did it back home." I turned to see Gohan, exhausted like all of us, give me a smile. But then something dawned on me, what Garlic jr. said before.

When I was sent here, I was swallowed by Darkness. Garlic jr. said the Dead Zone was a pit of Darkness.

"Katie, what's wrong?" Kami asked. My tail was swishing behind me with realization, and my face was no doubt showing my concern.

"Its nothing. Just something Garlic jr. had said." I replied, relaxing, trying to show no emotion. They bought it.

"Hey, you know what I just realized? We didn't need Goku this time!" Krillen said.

"That's right, dad wasn't here and we still beat the bad guy!"

"Yeah, we did, didn't we?" I said, still trying to shrug off what I was thinking.

"We're all tired, and I think we need to go home and get some rest. I'll see you guys later." Piccolo said, taking off. Kami called after him, but he left anyway.

"Piccolo's right. Gohan and I need to go get Chi-chi and Krillen needs to find Marron. I can't say it hasn't been fun, Kami, but… it hasn't been fun. We gotta go." I said.

"Of course. And don't worry, I'll explain to Koran why his Zinzu beans are gone." Kami smiled at me as I scratched the back of my head sheepishly.